Komodo Macro API Concept (pseudo-code)

executeAsPHP.js

api.macro.register({

    id: "executeAsPHP",

    execute: function() {
        var selection = api.editor.getSelectedContents() || api.editor.getEditorContents();
        var tempFile = api.files.writeTempFile(selection);
        api.commands.executeAndOutput("php -d display_errors=true " + tempFile.path);
    },

    onStartup: function() {
        var macro = this;

        api.menu.addItem("editorContextMenu",
        {
            type: "menuitem",
            menu: "editorContextMenu",
            label: "Execute as PHP",
            execute: macro.execute(),
            enabled: function() { return true; }
        });
    }

});

showRevisions.js

api.macro.register({

    id: "showRevisions",

    execute: function() {
        this.showDialog();
    },

    onStartup: function() {
        var macro = this;

        api.menu.addItem("editorContextMenu",
        {
            label: "Show File Revisions",
            execute: macro.execute(),
            enabled: function() {
                return api.editor.file.vcs == 'git';
            }
        });

        api.toolbar.addButton("toolbarId",
        {
            icon: "chrome://icomoon/icon.png",
            label: "Show File Revisions",
            execute: macro.execute(),
            enabled: function() {
                return api.editor.file.vcs == 'git';
            }
        });
    },

    showDialog: function() {
        // This would be a new type of tool that allows you to create UI elements (ie. write out xul/html)
        api.macro.openDialog("RevisionListDialog", this.RevisionListDialog /* scope for dialog */);

        /* Contents of RevisionListDialog tool:
        <ul id="list"></ul>
        */
    },

    RevisionListDialog: {

        onStartup: function() {
            var file = api.editor.file;

            var command =
                'git log \
                --pretty=format:\'{%n "commit": "%H",%n "author": "%an <%ae>",%n "date": "%ad",%n "message": "%f"%n},\' \
                ' + file.path + ' | \
                perl -pe \'BEGIN{print "["}; END{print "]\n"}\' | \
                perl -pe \'s/},]/}]/\'';

            api.commands.execute(command, function(output) {
                var entries = JSON.parse(output);
                var list = api.jq("#list", this.window);
                for (let [,entry] in Iterator(entries)) {
                    list.append("<li>" + entry.commit + " - " + entry.message +
                                ", by " + entry.author + " at " + entry.date + "</li>");
                }
            }.bind(this));
        }

    }

});